Your favorite Latin dress?

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I'm looking for my first real (non-practicewear) Latin costume and have now spent hours looking around various vendors' websites, from rainbowshiu to Chrisanne, for inspiration. I think I'm getting a sense of what I want, but I'm curious--what does/did your favorite Latin dress look like? What was great about it?

If you have any costume nightmare stories, or if you have a fashion pet peeve you'd like to share, that would be welcome too. :D Just go ahead and dump all your feelings and thoughts about Latin costume design!
 
The only thing I've seen recently that really didn't work was one pro at AAC who had pailletes glued onto her dress, not sewn at all. She was shedding them all over the floor, and they didn't move right either. Definitely not something I'd do. Course, I hate the noise pailletes make and would prefer no one used them at all, even though they can look great. :)

Oh, and as we've discussed before, I would be hesitant of a fully fringed dress unless you have a body like a pro. And anyone can call me chauvinistic if they want, but once you start spinning, unless you have a really good body, a fully ffringed dress just tends to look bad, imho.
 
Personally? I like fringe. My own dress is a combination of form-fitting upper body and fringe skirt, which adds a lot of movement around my hips. I don't like cowl-fronts, but that's a personal taste thing. REALLY hate the Jetsons-like bubble skirts, but when the wired loops are very, very VERY small they can add a lot of movement as well, so there is an upside.
 
I hate seeing muffin-top, regardless of the style of the dress. I realize you need costumes to be snug, but.... :shock:
 
this is my favorite dress. shows all my best attributes. :cool:


it takes time to see what fits you, if you don't have experience.

in ballroom i like corsets.

I'll try to put another picture, i don't have it know on this PC.
 

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Sorry, what is muffin top ?

The only costume I dont like is the goth ones, bikini ones and anything too structured. I like costumes that flows and moves a lot with the body.

With bikini ones, well it just sometimes look out of place. I like a bit of materials flying around. But that is just me :)
 
muffin top:

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Nice dress Malakawa!!.

I like dresses that are different and unique.

If you have longer skirts or tail in the back, practice in it before hand... since your foot can get stuck easily..:)
 
chica latina said:
Nice dress Malakawa!!.

I like dresses that are different and unique.

If you have longer skirts or tail in the back, practice in it before hand... since your foot can get stuck easily..:)
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Actually, I like *your* dress, cl. Do you have any pictures of it fully?
 
mamboqueen said:
Actually, I like *your* dress, cl. Do you have any pictures of it fully?
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Thank you mamboqueen.

I added it to my photo album, but dont have one that really shows the dress. Need to take it. It has long fringes but strategically positioned to enhance curves and shape. Also the straps in back are fully stoned with same pattern than the front and shorter fringe skirt on the back, so the movement will not look heavy... it has too much detail/stoning work to appreciate in a photo.
 
chica latina said:
If you have longer skirts or tail in the back, practice in it before hand... since your foot can get stuck easily..:)
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Along these lines, if you decide on having an asymmetrical longer side on the skirt, I would put it on the left instead of the right so that you're less likely to hook it with a heel during jive.

I like some of the fringed dresses without backs-- then you get the hip movement on the bottom without the porcupine look on top.

I also personally prefer dresses without sleeves, it just makes me feel like I'm more free to move (that's more in my head than any kind of physical restriction).
 
and123 said:
muffin top:

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this is definitely one of the worst fashion disaster!!! I can't believe people walk out of street like that:( don't they have mirror at home to check themselves out before going out?

thank goddess right now the trend is longer top, so our eyes don't have to suffer to watch more of these:)
 
_malakawa_ said:
this is my favorite dress. shows all my best attributes. :cool:


it takes time to see what fits you, if you don't have experience.

in ballroom i like corsets.

I'll try to put another picture, i don't have it know on this PC.
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nice dancing pose, but can't see the dress:( do you have clear front view of the dress?
 
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